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Chaucer and Shakespeare lived through periods of weird weather not unlike what we are seeing today. So what can we learn from their writing?
If Chaucer makes a comeback in the proposed English curriculum rewrite, we shouldn’t dismiss what his work tells us about human nature – and contemporary New Zealand.
A poem about birds meeting in February to pick their mates is the first known example of Valentine’s day being connected with love.
How Chaucer’s medieval Wife of Bath continues to make her voice heard
Zadie Smith’s first play delivers on what women want.
A whistle-stop tour of the history of placebos.
Summer is the time for road trips — and books that can take you on a journey of discovery.
When we feel under siege, Chaucer’s doomed love story during the battle for Troy might be just the distraction we need.
The Monty Python star was also a highly respected author on Chaucer and the writer of a series of children’s history books.
Valentine’s Day originated as a feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr, or perhaps two. It took a gruesome path to becoming a romantic holiday.
E L James’ BDSM fantasies and Chaucer’s 14th-century story raise the same age-old questions.
Old habits die hard.
The anxiety that young people are messing things up goes back centuries.
The series has divided critics: many have praised its sensitive depiction of rape and suicide, others have said it romantises taking one’s own life.
One of English poetry’s most recognisable voices has been memorialised in Westminster Abbey.
What research tells us about the ripest Anglo Saxon. Parental Advisory: explicit content.
How about some fowl play this Medieval Valentine’s day?
They’re rude, crude and uncouth. So what makes farts so funny?
The Refugee Tales is a modern reconstruction of Chaucer’s classic pilgrimage – this time, telling the largely unspoken realities of immigration detention.
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